text:
Used Car - 2001 Buick LeSabre Custom in Waco, Tx
Please Call For Price
About This 2001 Buick LeSabre Custom
Vehicle Location:
Waco, Tx
Call For Price
Stock Number:
Fuel Economy Estimates
City MPG
Highway MPG
Combined MPG: 24 - Efficient 30+ MPG
Estimated Monthly Fuel Cost: $92.71*
*Based on $1.78 per gallon and 15k miles per year.
Actual costs may vary.
Actual costs may vary.
Send This Vehicle To Your Smartphone
Seller's Description and Comments:
Located at Tracy's Auto Sales Inc. in Waco, Tx. Call Tracy's Auto Sales Inc. today at 254-753-4340 for more information about this vehicle.
Vehicle Options:
- Abs Brakes
- Air Conditioning
- Am/fm Radio
- Cassette Player
- Child Safety Door Locks
- Cruise Control
- Driver Airbag
- Driver Multi-adjustable Power Seat
- Front Side Airbag
- Passenger Airbag
- Power Door Locks
- Power Windows
- Rear Window Defogger
- Tilt Steering
Carfax Vehicle History Report:
View the CarFax vehicle history report and protect yourself from:
Major Accidents, Lemon History and Odometer Problems
» Get A Free CARFAX Record Check
Major Accidents, Lemon History and Odometer Problems
» Get A Free CARFAX Record Check
Financing Information:
Payment Calculator:
2001 Buick LeSabre ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
New features for an old friend.
In a market often ruled by fad and fashion, it is worth noting that Buick has called its basic full-size car 'LeSabre' for 43 continuous years. For the past 10 of those years, Buick likes to remind us, LeSabre has out-sold every other full-size car. Of course the definition of 'full-size' has changed a bit since 1959, when a unit-body car with V6 power and a 112-inch wheelbase would have been considered at best a 'senior compact.' Nostalgia aside, however, the current LeSabre provides all the room, comfort, and practicality demanded of a full-size car today, with modern fuel efficiency and advanced safety features that have earned it a double five-star rating in U.S. government crash tests.
Buick LeSabre was totally redesigned for 2000, and now moves into 2001 with new dual-stage airbags, 15-inch aluminum wheels for LeSabre Limited, and an oil-change interval that's been stretched from 7,500 to a full 10,000 miles. OnStar, GM's 24-hour on-demand navigation and driver-assistance service, is now factory installed on all LeSabre Limiteds and is optional on LeSabre Custom.
Two models are available: Le Sabre Custom ($24,107) and Le Sabre Limited ($28,796).
LeSabre Custom comes with front and side air bags, air conditioning, four-wheel disc brakes with ABS, cruise control, power door locks, power windows, power mirrors, AM/FM/Cassette four-speaker stereo, power driver's seat with manual lumbar adjustment, adjustable steering column, automatic level control, theft deterrent system and a power trunk release.
The Limited model adds automatic dual-zone air conditioning, driver information center, upgraded Concert Sound II six-speaker stereo, remote keyless entry, heated power seats and alloy wheels.
For those who want better handling, the optional Gran Touring package ($235) comes with firmer suspension tuning, magnetic speed-sensitive power steering, leather-wrapped steering wheel, 16-inch wheels and fatter 225/60 all-season tires, and a 3.05:1 final drive ratio for quicker acceleration. Other options include traction control, leather seats, heated seats (for Custom) and a 12-disc CD changer.
From some angles LeSabre offers styling cues that would not look out of place on a Jaguar; yet it still retains a strong Buick identity, with nicely rounded edges and plenty of attractive curves. In particular, the side profile has a nice curvy upturn along the rear doors, leading to a high trunk; it's a nice classic touch, fitting LeSabre's position as a premium sedan.
At the front, the LeSabre has a distinctive Buick grille that sits well forward and is almost part of the front bumper. The headlights are well integrated into the lines of the car. Buick claims that the new body is much stiffer than the pre-2000 model, giving the car a better ride and crisper handling.
Safety is an important part of LeSabre's image and Buick has gone to great lengths to safeguard the occupants of the newest model. Dual front airbags are a given, but LeSabre has side airbags for the front seats, too. Anti-lock brakes working on all four wheels are standard on all LeSabres.
LeSabre Limited buyers can choose a $730 Driver Confidence Package. In addition to self-sealing tires and a heads-up instrument display, this includes StabiliTrak, an electronic vehicle-stability system that Buick introduced in mid-2000. StabiliTrak helps keep the car on the correct line through a corner in slippery conditions by gently applying the brakes on one or more wheels. It cannot overcome the laws of physics, but it does add a margin of safety by reducing the effects of driver errors. The head-up display projects speed and other information onto the windshield in front of the driver's eyes.
The front seat belts are mounted to the seat frame, so they move with the seat for greater comfort. The seats boast a new design engineers like to call a 'catcher's mitt.' The seat back is much stiffer than usual; in an accident it holds the person in place and the headrest moves forward to lessen whiplash. It is especially effective common low-speed, rear-end accidents, according to Buick.
Buick totally redesigned LeSabre's dashboard last year to give the interior a fresh, modern, luxurious look. The dash sweeps across the width of the car with a canopy over the instruments extending from the passenger side to the driver's door panel. This design gives the interior an open feeling and integrates the door trim into the dashboard nicely. A wide strip of faux wood trim extends along the door panels and across the center of the dashboard.
The driver information center on the Limited model has a digital readout that can display oil temperature, fuel consumption, tire pressure and other data. Round analog gauges are easy to read. At a touch of a button the speedometer will read speed in kilometers per hour, which obviates the need for a second set of small kph numbers on the dial.
A front bench seat is standard on the LeSabre, split 40/60 so the driver's side can be adjusted separately from the passenger seat. A bench seat does not usually provide much support for the driver compared to a bucket seat and the LeSabre's is no exception. Cover it in leather and you may find yourself sliding around on winding roads.
Our test LeSabre was equipped with optional separate 45/45 seats and a center console with two large cupholders that spring out at the touch of a button. A large flat writing surface also flips out. It could prove useful for people who need to have a notepad handy while on the road. But it sits at an awkward angle, and we found it difficult to use.
Wide doors allow easy access to the front and rear seats. Rear-seat passengers will find plenty of room. The slightly longer wheelbase and wider track of this latest-generation LeSabre increased rear seating space over pre-2000 models. It still gets a bit tight with three adults back there, however. An optional rear center armrest features an opening behind it to provide space for skis and other long objects.
Driving Impression
Big Buicks have not been known as cars that excel in the handling department. Their suspensions have been designed primarily to provide a soft, cushy ride, where the car tends to float over undulations and provides little feedback to the driver. At slow speeds this is fine, but at higher speeds, or on a winding road, a soft-sprung car is not as stable as one with a firmer suspension.
But when Buick redesigned the LeSabre last year, the engineers vastly improved its roadholding capability. As a result, the LeSabre now handles much better than previous versions. While you still cannot compare LeSabre's handling to that of a BMW, it is much improved over the old model. That floating sensation is gone. When you jam on the brakes, the nose does not dive the way the old one did.
Our LeSabre Limited was equipped with the Gran Touring package, which helped give the car more road feel. But even the base LeSabre should offer good handling.
The 3.8-liter V6 engine is one of GM's best. It performs well in the LeSabre, even though it has to propel a relatively heavy car. Likewise, the electronically controlled four-speed automatic transmission provides smooth shifting between gears. Braking performance is good and, with anti-lock brakes acting on all four wheels, we never had any dramatic moments.
LeSabre packs plenty of sound insulation for a quiet ride. Although not officially billed as a luxury car, it provides a more luxurious environment than most luxury cars of just a few years ago.
Buick prides itself as the maker of premium American cars and it has upheld that tradition with the 2001 LeSabre. For not much more than the price of a compact car, the LeSabre delivers six-passenger capacity with lots of standard features. In its newest form, the LeSabre offers a comfortable ride quality, and you may be pleasantly surprised at how nicely it performs.
Model Lineup
Custom ($24,107), Limited ($28,796).
Assembled In
Detroit, Michigan.
Options As Tested
Gran Touring package ($235), leather upholstery ($780), convenience console ($70), 16-inch alloy wheels ($165).
Model Tested
LeSabre Limited ($28,796).
1700 S Valley Mills Dr
Waco, Tx. 76711
Email This Seller
Contact: Sales Manager
More Cars From This Seller
2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class C300 Luxury Sedan
Mileage: 180,025
Price: Call For Price
2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Lt1 Crew Cab 4wd
Mileage: 127,075
Price: Call For Price
2014 Chrysler 200 Limited
Mileage: 36,449
Price: Call For Price
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Ss Supercharged Coupe
Mileage: 133,050
Price: Call For Price
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD
Mileage: 157,542
Price: Call For Price
2015 Jeep Renegade Sport
Mileage: 56,843
Price: Call For Price
2004 Toyota Tacoma 4WD
Mileage: 110,563
Price: Call For Price
2014 Dodge Challenger R/T
Mileage: 54,511
Price: Call For Price
2013 Ford Escape Se 4wd
Mileage: 65,138
Price: Call For Price
2012 Hyundai Veloster Base
Mileage: 121,314
Price: Call For Price


text:
VIENNA (Reuters) - Consolidation of Austria's cut-throat telecoms market moved ahead on Thursday when Hutchison Whampoa Ltd completed its 1.3-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) takeover of Orange Austria, making it the country's third-biggest mobile operator.
Its purchase from Mid Europa Partners (MEP) and France Telecom-Orange followed extensive negotiations that finally won European and Austrian regulatory approval last month.
"We are delighted that, after undergoing a lengthy regulatory process, we have finally been able to close this acquisition," said Jan Trionow, head of local unit Hutchison 3G Austria.
"I am particularly looking forward to working ... to push forward with building a nationwide LTE network in Austria within the next two years," he said, referring to the next-generation high-speed networks that will speed data delivery to users.
France Telecom said it would get around 70 million euros in cash from selling its 35 percent stake in Orange Austria. Private equity group MEP held the other 65 percent.
In a separate but related deal, market leader Telekom Austria wrapped up its purchase of discount brand Yesss from Orange Austria.
Both transactions have won regulatory approval, but Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile Austria unit has tried to throw a spanner in the works by lodging a court appeal against the accompanying re-allocation of radio frequencies.
Hutchison and Orange Austria are the country's two smallest operators and have a combined market share of about 24 percent. Their deal will cut the number of mobile operators in Austria from four to three.
Austrian operators serve a population of just 8.4 million and have been extremely competitive, with all-inclusive no-strings deals starting at 7 euros per month.
Telekom Austria agreed last February to buy frequencies, base station sites, mobile phone provider Yesss and other intellectual property rights from Orange Austria for up to 390 million euros.
It said in a statement it had also completed the acquisition of intellectual property rights for the "One" brand on Thursday, while closing on the other assets "follows gradually".
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Dan Lalor and Mark Potter)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Changes to Federal Student Aid programs
Changes to Federal Student Aid Programs
Changes to federal legislation have resulted in some significant changes in student aid programs for all college and university students. Many of these changes go into effect July 1, 2012. Review the link below, and if you have any questions about how the changes will impact you, please contact the UAF Financial Aid Office.
- Pell grant eligibility: Eligibility for Pell grants has been restricted to 12 semesters of full-time enrollment, or the equivalent for part-time students. If you have been a full-time student and have received Pell grants for 12 semester, by law you cannot receive another one. Eligiblity is pro-rated for part-time attendance. This affects current and future students.
- High school diploma or GED required for aid eligiblity: Beginning July 1, 2012, only students who hold a valid high school diploma or GED can receive state or federal financial aid. If you are a current UAF student and admitted under the Ability to Benefit (ATB) policy, you can and will continue to receive federal aid.
- Expected family contribution: For students and families who file the FAFSA, the income necessary to qualify for an Expected Family Contribution of zero changed from $32,000 to $23,000. Keep in mind there are multiple factors that go into calculating the EFC and financial aid awards. Having an EFC of zero does not guarantee any type of amount of student aid. This affects current and future UAF students.
Changes to the Federal Loan Programs
The Budget Control Act of 2011 was passed on August 2, 2011. Some of the provisions in the act impact federal student loan programs offered at UAF. These changes will not affect the amount of loan funding available. However, loan funding will become more expensive.
Here are the key provisions affecting future federal graduate and undergraduate student loans:
- Graduate and professional students only: Beginning July 1, 2012, all graduate and professional students will lose the interest subsidy on the Subsidized Stafford loan. The graduate Stafford loan program will become entirely unsubsidized, which means the loan will accrue interest while a student is in school. These changes will not affect the annual and aggregate borrowing limits. The maximum amount a student can borrow will remain at $20,500 per academic year.
- Loss of "origination fee rebate" affecting Stafford, Grad PLUS and Parent PLUS: Currently, there is a 1% origination fee on a Stafford loan and a 4% fee on PLUS loans, but a portion of the fee, .5% for a Stafford and 1.5% for a PLUS, is rebated at the time of disbursement. Beginning July 1, 2012, the full fee will be charged.
- Loss of interest rate reduction: The last change is the loss of the .25% interest rate reduction if you pay your loans electronically while in repayment.
We recommend that students monitor their Federal Loan borrowing history online at www.nslds.ed.gov.


text:
For the past few years I had a problem I wasn't really aware of. Last summer, during my graduation, I managed to address it and find a solution using Processing and computer vision. I made photographic test data.
(dis)connect Glitch Tutorial
(dis)connect is based on a glitch I found in the media player VLC. In this tutorial I gladly share how to turn this glitch into a tool.
JPG #1 and #2
This Thursday I started with some new experiments focussed on the JPG-file.
Trial and Error: Cache
Yesterday I had a look at pictures other people take. Today I had a look at well, what I look at. I have analyzed the cache of my browser and specifically the images it has cached.
Trial and Error: The Tourist
For today I have used a phenomenon I have seen way too many times as a source of
frust… inspiration.
My artistic family
For this part of my research I will discuss my artistic family; the people that inspire me and, in a way, surround me in what I do.
Trial and Error: Eyepixels
Two subjects keep coming back to me. I focused at both.
Trial and Error: Reality
Photography and reality, it is a real love-hate relationship. …
Trial and Error: Painting
Yes, the title says painting. Sometimes you need to step out of something to get a look at what you were into in the first place.
Trial and Error: A closer look
Today we go into detail and look at a picture.


text:
Stress affects your mind, body, and overall health. When you are feeling stressed, changes may occur in your body:
Your body's response to stress could lead to illness.
You can control your stress level by practicing simple relaxation techniques to train your mind to lower your response to the tension. By using relaxation techniques regularly, you can lower the amount of stress hormones in your blood. This will help you protect yourself from the harmful mental and physical effects of stress.
Breathing provides oxygen to your bloodstream and body. When you breathe in, you inhale oxygen. When you breathe out, you exhale carbon dioxide. Your diaphragm (DIEeh-fram) is a sheet-like muscle that separates your stomach (abdomen) and your chest. Your diaphragm works to help you breathe in and out.
When you inhale, the diaphragm lowers, your stomach pushes out, and your chest cavity swells. This gives the lungs more space to expand into and increases the amount of air that you can inhale.
As we get older, our breathing gets shallower, and most of us use only the upper parts of our chest to breathe. When you breathe from your chest, you inhale about a teacup of oxygen. Instead, you should breathe from your abdomen. When you breathe from your abdomen, you inhale about a quart of oxygen. The more oxygen you inhale, the better.
How you breathe also affects your nervous system. Chest breathing makes your brain create shorter, more restless brain waves. Abdominal breathing makes your brain create longer, slower brain waves. These longer and slower brain waves are similar to the ones your brain makes when you are relaxed and calm. So, breathing from the abdomen helps you relax quickly.
It may be easier to practice abdominal breathing when you're lying down. With practice, you should be able to do abdominal breathing anywhere.
A mini relaxation exercise can help you reduce stress and tension immediately. The important part of these exercises is to focus on your breathing. During the exercises, try to breathe from your abdomen. You should feel your stomach rising about an inch as you breathe in, and falling about an inch as you breathe out.
Remember, it is impossible to breathe from your abdomen if you are holding your stomach in. Relax your stomach muscles. You can do these exercises with your eyes open or closed. There are a variety of mini relaxation exercises. Choose the one that works best for you.
The following mini relaxation exercises were adapted from the Mind/Body Medical Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
Count very slowly to yourself. Count from 10 down to 0. With the first abdominal breath, say 10 to yourself; with the next breathe, say 9, and so on. If you start feeling light-headed or dizzy, slow down the counting. When you get to 0, see how you are feeling. If you are feeling better, great! If not, try doing it again.
As you inhale, count to 4 very slowly and say to yourself "1,2,3,4." As you exhale, count backwards very slowly and say to yourself "4,3,2,1." Do this several times.
After each time you inhale, pause for a few seconds. After you exhale, pause again for a few seconds. Do this for several breaths.
You can practice the mini relaxation exercises almost anywhere, in any situation, including when you are:
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
| Supplemental content provided by Healthwise, Incorporated. To learn more, visit www.healthwise.org
For help in finding a doctor or health service that suits your needs, call the UPMC Referral Service at 412-647-UPMC (8762) or 1-800-533-UPMC (8762). Select option 1.
UPMC is an equal opportunity employer. UPMC policy prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected group status. Further, UPMC will continue to support and promote equal employment opportunity, human dignity, and racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. This policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in UPMC programs and activities. This commitment is made by UPMC in accordance with federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations.
Medical information made available on UPMC.com is not intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should not rely entirely on this information for your health care needs. Ask your own doctor or health care provider any specific medical questions that you have. Further, UPMC.com is not a tool to be used in the case of an emergency. If an emergency arises, you should seek appropriate emergency medical services.
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | UPMC.com


text:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. diplomat charged with closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is taking up a new post and will not be replaced, with most of his duties being turned over to the State Department's top lawyer, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
The fact that Ambassador Dan Fried will not be replaced may raise questions about the Obama administration's plan to close the prison, though the officials denied any erosion in their commitment to shutter the detention center.
There are now 166 prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba in a detention center set up after the September 11, 2001, attacks to hold people captured in counterterrorism operations overseas.
On taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the prison closed within a year but that initiative failed in part because of security concerns among Americans and opposition from Congress, which passed laws making it harder to transfer prisoners out.
Fried is becoming the State Department's sanctions coordinator, where much of his work will focus on efforts to use economic penalties in conjunction with diplomacy to try to force Iran to address questions about its nuclear program.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Fried's work on transferring Guantanamo Bay prisoners would now be handled by the office of the State Department legal adviser.
"The placement of the Guantanamo portfolio in the Office of the Legal Adviser does not signal a diminution of the administration's commitment to close Guantanamo," said a senior State Department official.
"The Administration has made clear that closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is in the interest of our national security and remains committed to the responsible and safe transfer of the remaining detainees," the official added.
He stressed the administration's "opposition to congressional restrictions that impede our ability to implement these transfers."
During Fried's tenure, 71 Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to various destinations, including 40 who were sent to countries rather than to their own nations, the officials said.
Fried's unrelated work on closing Camp Ashraf in Iraq, used by members of the Mujahadin-e Khalq Iranian dissident group, will be handled by the State Department's bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Doina Chiacu)


text:
You have no items in your shopping cart.
There are no products matching the selection.
Mon - Thurs / 8:30AM - 6:00PMFri - Sat / 08:30AM - 8:00PMSunday / 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Main Office
Mon - Fri / 8:30AM - 6:00PM
Directions / Contact Numbers
We regularly send out exclusive discount codes and offers to our newsletter subscribers!
Enter your e-mail Address


text:
Is this a good time to bring up the chap whose tattoo celebrates both the 2007 and 2011 All Blacks victories?
Is this a good time to bring up the chap whose tattoo celebrates both the 2007 and 2011 All Blacks victories?
We are lost
We can never go home
That's the spirit!
No software to download - I think HeathDavis just does all the work for us. We just check the thread from time to time to see what happened.
Click on the link and sign up - just follow the instructions pick a position that no one else has picked.
Best Wishes
1) Ross is Boss.
2) See point 1.
Leading the charge against nuances being used in posts.
Overrated XI M Bracewell, Burns, Rahane, Don Voges, Bairstow, Alecz Day, Donovan Grobelaar, Luke Ronchi, Faulkner, Dan Christian, Permaul
So I was flipping through the channels today, and I came across the Canada vs USA rugby match. I'm guessing it was a warm-up for the World Cup.
Stoked to see Canada beat the US 28-22. That in itself is the World Cup for me.
Anyway, it's the first time I've actually watched a live rugby match for longer than 10 minutes. Still trying to understand the game in its entirety. Seems like a decent sport, there'd perhaps be more interest here if Canada were any good, which I'm not sure if they are or not (one of you rugby junkies to confirm). But it's all good, as long as we beat the US consistently.
Also, seems like rugby is quite similar to cricket in that only a handful of nations are any good at it or follow it religiously.
Last edited by Turbinator; 06-08-2011 at 02:30 PM.
Canada has a good grass roots following of the game in BC - unlike Cricket it is played by people born in Canada as opposed to ex pats from other countries - I think Canada is ranked about 13th or 14th in the world.
Yes their arch rivals are the US and Canada normally wins.
I would like to see rugby take off in Canada more than cricket - as there is more potential for it.
Yep, there are only about 10 seriously rugby-following countries in the world. And three and half of them are this country.
Yeah, I remember my high school being one of the few to have a Rugby team. But it was never really popular compared to a lot of the other sports. I see most of the national team consists of players from BC and the Toronto area. A couple of players seem to be from Europe as well.
I think I'm going to give Rugby a chance here and give it a watch during the World Cup.
Well the 3 1/2 he refers to are Wales Ireland and Scotland, with 1/2 being England Ph34r
PS: Men's rugby in the US is only seriously played at Berkeley.
World rankings at International Rugby Board - World Rankings: Full world rankings
Last edited by Quaggas; 06-08-2011 at 06:35 PM.
I can count about 8 teams - then there are others I am not sure about
Is the game followed in Argentina - probably not but I have met an Argentinian fan before so maybe...
I seem to remember there being a big, noisy crowd when the ABs played in Argentina once. But I might be imagining that.
It's surprisingly sizeable in Japan, but this isn't reflected in their ever-poor national side.
Canada actually made the world cup Quarter-Finals in 1991, thanks to wins over Fiji and Romania.
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"this was Argentinas heaviest defeat in the group stage of a World Cup since losing 6-1 to Czechoslovakia in 1958. It is also the first time they have failed to win either of their opening two matches at a World Cup for 44 years. Sampaolis players, in other words, were creating history here" - The Guardian's Stuart James on Croatia's 3-0 dicking of the South Americans
It appears I've got a good dose of the thread title - I just felt compelled to cough up the healthy sum of money for a ticket to the NZ v Tonga game. Really looking forward to it.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text:
In Soul Bubbles the player controls a young shaman apprentice, who is entrusted with saving lost "souls" and guiding them to safety. He must protect these fragile beings from the hostile and dangerous world around them, and he does this by creating protective bubbles to keep the spirits safe.
Manipulate your bubbles by first drawing them, then deflating them, cutting them or joining them to other bubbles, filling them with water or gas; then escape traps, extinguish fires and avoid all the sticky or dangerous surfaces that will slow the bubbles down.
The game features 8 worlds, with over 40 levels to explore which will challenge the shaman in a variety of ways – and push the physics capabilities of the Nintendo DS to the max. Soul Bubbles is designed with the next generation of casual gamers in mind.
More articles about Soul Bubbles


text:
Our Price: £3.85 incl VAT
Earn 4 Loyalty Points each
This 75% dark chocolate bar is created by Original Beans from very rare and forgotten Porcelana cacao growing in its original state. A replanting programme of this nearly extinct cocoa has brought the variety back to production. This chocolate bar is organic and fairly traded.
This extra special chocolate bar contains notes of vanilla, kiwi, lime, apricot, raspberry and toasted pecan. A refreshing acidity with a lingering finish.
By purchasing this bar you are helping to protect the original cacao beans and rainforests they thrive in for future generations. Original Beans state that with each purchase a tree is planted to sustain family and forest.
View all chocolate from Original Beans
Certified organic, Gluten free, Vegan
May contain traces of nuts, lactose and soy.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 23.3g, servings per box: 3
Values per 100g
Energy 2356KJ / 563kCal - 7% GDA
Fat 46g - 17% GDA of which saturated fat 28g - 33% GDA
Carbohydrate 41g - 3% GDA of which sugars 24g - 0% GDA
Dietary fibre 12g - 11% GDA
Protein 7g - 0% GDA
Sodium 7mg - 0% GDA
Cholesterol 1mg - 0% GDA
Per serving: Calcium 2%, Iron 31%
GDA Daily values are based on a 8,400KJ diet (2000kCal).
Posted Thu 22 Jan 2015 1.50pm by Jo
Intrigued by the description of this Porcelana bar, I added a bar to my usual Amedei order along with the Bonnat Porcelana bar (see separate review).The Original Beans bar is exceptionally good value for money, without diminishing the Porcelana taste experience and therefore I have awarded it 5 stars.
You must be registered with us if you wish to rate & review this product.
Please Sign in at the top of the page or click here to register.
It is our intention that product reviews should be constructive, balanced and for the sole purpose of helping other customers to decide which chocolates best suit their taste, or intended recipients taste. For the enjoyment and helpfulness to all customers the reviews are moderated.
Valrhona Manjari, 64% dark chocolate barFrom £3.85
Valrhona Guanaja, 70% dark chocolate barFrom £3.85
Toscano Black, 63% dark chocolate barFrom £3.95
Toscano Black, 70% dark chocolate barFrom £3.95
Amedei Chuao, 70% dark chocolate barFrom £6.95
Porcelana, 70% dark chocolate neapolitansFrom £10.95
Amedei Porcelana, 70% dark chocolate barFrom £9.95
Pralus Chuao, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £5.95
Pralus Fortissima, 80% dark chocolate barFrom £5.25
Pralus Indonesie, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £5.25
Pralus Le 100%, dark chocolate barFrom £5.25
Pralus Madagascar, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £5.25
Pralus Melissa, 45% milk chocolate barFrom £5.25
Valrhona Tin of Guanaja 70% dark squaresFrom £8.99
El Pedregal, single estate, 64% dark chocolate barFrom £5.95
Ampamakia, single estate, 64% dark chocolate barFrom £4.95
Duffy's, Honduras Indio Rojo, 72% dark chocolate barFrom £6.95
Willie's Madagascan 71 Sambirano Superior chocolate barFrom £2.99
Willie's Peruvian 70 Chulucanas chocolate barFrom £2.99
Willie's Hazelnut Raisin dark chocolate barFrom £1.99
Amedei Blanco de Criollo chocolate barFrom £7.95
Valrhona Manjari orange chocolate barFrom £3.85
Bonnat, Cacao Real del Xoconuzco, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £8.95
Chocolat Madagascar, 65% dark chocolate barFrom £4.85
Chocolat Madagascar, 70% dark chocolate barFrom £5.35
Chocolat Madagascar, 85% dark chocolate barFrom £4.85
Chocolat Madagascar, 100% dark chocolate barFrom £5.35
Chocolat Madagascar, 50% milk chocolate barFrom £4.85
Original Beans, Piura Porcelana 75% dark chocolate barFrom £3.85
Valrhona Tin of Jivara milk chocolate squaresFrom £8.99
Bonnat, Porcelana, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £8.95
Chocolat Madagascar, 34% white chocolate barFrom £4.85
Chocolat Madagascar, 68% dark chocolate & cocoa nibs barFrom £4.85
Akesson's, Madagascar Criollo, 100% dark chocolate barFrom £4.95
Akesson's, Madagascar Criollo, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £4.95
Bonnat, Apotequil, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £8.95
Duffy's, Nicaragua Nicaliso 72% dark chocolate barFrom £5.45
Duffy's, Guatemala Rio Dulce, 70% dark chocolate barFrom £6.95
Solkiki, Toledo, 73% dark chocolate barFrom £4.95
Chocolate Tree, Venezuela Porcelana, 85% dark chocolate barFrom £5.95
Willie's Peruvian Black Chulucanas Superior 100% cocoaFrom £6.45
Bonnat, Madagascar, 100% Criollo, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £8.75
Zotter, Labooko Peru Criollo Cuvee, 82% dark chocolate barFrom £3.95
Zotter, Labooko Peru, 45% milk chocolate barFrom £3.95
Zotter, Labooko Guatemala, 75% dark chocolate barFrom £3.95
Original Beans, Cru Virunga 70% dark chocolate barFrom £4.25
Original Beans, Esmeraldas milk & sea salt chocolate barFrom £4.25
Original Beans, Beni Wild Harvest 66% dark chocolate barFrom £4.25
Original Beans, Femmes de Virunga, 55% milk chocolate barFrom £4.25
Original Beans, Edel Weiss, 40% white chocolate barFrom £4.25
Original Beans, Cusco Chuncho, 100% dark chocolate barFrom £5.95
Original Beans, Cru Udzungwa, 70% with nibs dark chocolate barFrom £4.95
on every order you make
Order now and choose a future delivery date to suit you.
Standard p&p from just £3.95
'The widest selection of premium chocolates from around the world for chocolate connoisseurs'
Chocolate Trading Co
Welcome to Chocolate Trading Co. Sign in.Register with us
my basket (0 items)Total £0.00
Customer services
Chocolate Delivery
Order tracking
Contact us
Terms & conditions
Loyalty points
Security & Privacy
Affiliate programme
Buy Chocolates
Chocolate boxes
Chocolate bars
Fountain chocolate
Chocolate cigarellos
Hot chocolate
Chocolate hampers
Chocolate couverture
Chocolate truffles
Chocolate wedding favours
Chocolate gifts
Valentines chocolate gifts
Mothers day chocolate gifts
Easter eggs & gifts
Fathers day chocolate gifts
Christmas chocolate gifts
Birthday chocolate gifts
Anniversary chocolate gifts
Chocolate gift ideas
Chocolate for chocoholics
Chocolate recipes
Chocolate blog
© 2018 Chocolate Trading Company Ltd.
Registered in England 3872536.
The Old School, Byron Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 7QA England
UK Standard 2-4 day delivery from just £3.95
Next working day guaranteed delivery (UK Mainland) from £5.95
Order your chocolate gift delivery by phone: Call 01625 508224


text:
Flower Pot Stand
SZ Magazine, Germany
2012 (not in production)
For the second edition of international DIY projects, commissioned by German national magazine SZ, Industrial Facility designed an elevated flower pot using affordable and locally available parts. Three garden stakes use the constrained tension between a terracotta flower pot and its base to keep the plant up. One stake is left longer as a place to attach a plant label. The stand can be used indoors and for outdoors, the terracotta base can be eliminated by pushing the stakes into a grass lawn.
The design raises the familiar flower pot from its negligible existence on the ground, to a more graceful eye height without requiring alteration to the parts themselves.
Further Reading
Established & Sons / V&A Museum
Plinths I and II are made from Corian, a performance material usually associated with counter tops due to its durability, non-porosity and seamlessness. In this example the design uses the V&A museum courtyard as the context for the bench, rather than shaping material merely to make an isolated piece for visual interest. The two Plinths share the same design, but are of different heights and lengths; when placed together they create an opportunity for people to complete the sculpture.
Bench Years, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2012
Interieur, Kortrijk, Belgium, 2011
V Tent
Louis Vuitton
Originally developed for the Wallpaper Handmade project, the V Tent is a collaboration with Louis Vuitton whose origins were in the service of travel. In fact, in its early history Louis Vuitton provided tents for explorers with function and quality as prerequisites for their success. For this commission, Industrial Facility revisited the Tent by referencing early Viking tents, and early Louis Vuitton bags. Both shared simple fabric constructions with the tents often involving a roof attached to the entrance. With the V Tent, the entrance is on the long side that can be lifted up to extend shelter – supported by a wooden pole. The result is a traditional construction, but with small alterations and details that re-interpret the Tent typology.
Wallpaper Handmade, Brioni, Milan, 2012
Further Reading
Cycle Shirt
Margaret Howell, London
2010 -
Cycle Shirt is a collaboration between clothing designer Margaret Howell and Industrial Facility.
The designers share a similar approach to design, paring away the inessential to find the purely useful, and shaping it with character through detail. Margaret Howell says 'Shirts are like people, a simple basic form, but with infinite variations of detail that make individuality. The life of a piece of clothing starts with its purpose, and its character lies in the details.'
The intention was clear from the start, that the shirt should reflect the busy and urban experiences of Sam Hecht, who spends most of his time on two wheels. The idea to create back pockets came up after investigating historic cycle racing jerseys which had a pocket for maps. This idea was translated into tailoring, turning up the tail of a classic shirt to create a divided pocket. The outcome was a pale blue cotton shirt, pre-washed, with minimal front detailing. An extra pocket on the left sleeve holds a travel card.
Margaret Howell plus Sam Hecht, A Cycle Shirt, Margaret Howell, London, 2011
Sam Hecht in interview with Disegno Magazine
Further Reading
Wallpaper Handmade
2010 (not in production)
When it comes to hair styling, the styling of the hairdryer itself is usually an afterthought, its design having remained curiously static over the years. To redress this, Wallpaper asked Industrial Facility to rethink the ubiquitous blow-drying tool and to examine all its familiar workings. Looking at how the object fits into a room or cupboard, the studio focused on added functionality and the storage of the cable. The Dryerhair incorporated a translucent cavity into which the cable neatly coiled when not in use, with the plug doubling as a lid. The switch, meanwhile, was tucked out of sight in the base of the handle.
Wallpaper Handmade, Brioni, Milan, 2010
Further Reading


text:
Player: Kevin Strootman | Club: Manchester United
Sir Alex Ferguson has seen his side come roaring back this season to almost certainly reclaim the Premier League title from rivals Manchester City.
However, next season will see the likely retirement of Paul Scholes and, with the continuing fitness worries of Darren Fletcher, they will be without significant quality and experience.
Holland international Strootman has the necessary energy and quality to bring something special to the Old Trafford midfield. His physicality and box-to-box style would add an element of drive in the centre of midfield that has been missing at Manchester United for some time.
Do YOU want to write for GiveMeSport? Get started today by signing-up and submitting an article HERE: https://www.givemesport.com/writeforgms


text:
What does destroying mean?
Definitions for destroying
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word destroying.
Webster Dictionary
of Destroy
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of destroying in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of destroying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
It's destroying the country.
This is really destroying my life.
They're destroying the revolution.
Jews are destroying the white race.
They were going for destroying the company.
Images & Illustrations of destroying
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Find a translation for the destroying definition in other languages:
Select another language:
Discuss these destroying definitions with the community:
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"destroying." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2018. Web. 18 Aug. 2018. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/destroying>.


text:
The Section on Infectious Diseases has a cadre of clinician-scientists with broad areas of interest, and chosen to build the Section around clinical breadth while focusing on collaborative, translational research with partners in many areas of the Medical Center. Collaborations include faculty with cross appointments in Hematology/Oncology, Microbiology/Immunology, Molecular Medicine, the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging, Public Health Sciences, and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital Departments of Pharmacy and Infection Control.
This year, in the Section on Infectious Diseases, external research funding exceeded $2.5 million. The Section is currently conducting 20 clinical research trials in areas that include HIV and other immuno-compromised patients, antimicrobial therapy, and vaccines. Extramurally funded basic and translational research activities focus on transmission of infections,HIV, antimicrobial resistance, infections in the elderly, hepatitis B and C, and viral bacterial interactions.
Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.


text:
New Integrase Inhibitor Tivicay (Dolutegravir) Approved for Treatment of HIV by FDA
August 13, 2013
On Aug. 12, Tivicay (dolutegravir) was approved as a first-line and second-line HIV treatment option, according to a news release by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tivicay is an integrase inhibitor taken as a once-daily pill.
According to the FDA release:
Paul Sax, M.D., also wrote about Tivicay's approval, highlighting some of the strong results from clinical trials, including its non-inferiority to raltegravir (Isentress) and superior results over efavirenz/tenofovir/emtricitabine (Atripla).
However, he noted that this might be "the end of a remarkable stretch of HIV drug development, one that started in 2006 with darunavir, then marched through with maraviroc, raltegravir, etravirine, rilpivirine, and elvitegravir. The availability of these drugs, now with dolutegravir, means that pretty much anyone who takes their medications will achieve virologic suppression. Because after the tweak of tenofovir -- TAF -- what's next?"
Warren Tong is the research editor for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
Follow Warren on Twitter: @WarrenAtTheBody.
Copyright © 2013 Remedy Health Media, LLC. All rights reserved.
More From This Resource Center
Related Stories
This article was provided by TheBodyPRO.
Add Your Comment:
(Please note: Your name and comment will be public, and may even show up in
Internet search results. Be careful when providing personal information! Before
adding your comment, please read TheBody.com's Comment Policy.)
The content on this page is free of advertiser influence and was produced by our editorial team. See our advertising policy.
Most Viewed Articles


text:
Mark Wahlberg showed off his awful singing skills on U.S. TV on Thursday night (17Jan13) as he attempted to croon Stan Bush's 1986 The Transformers theme, The Touch.
The star of Michael Bay's fourth Transformers movie recognized the tune as he stepped out for an interview with late-night chat show host Jimmy Kimmel and insisted on joining the house band for a quick verse.
But Wahlberg, whose Ted character belted out a bad rendition of Rita Coolidge's All Time High, failed to hit the high notes and then forgot the words, explaining, "It was 16 years ago."
It wasn't the first time he has performed the tune onscreen - his character in Boogie Nights also crooned The Touch.
Wahlberg recalled the first time he was asked to sing the track by Boogie Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson: "They were like, 'We know you can't sing, so try to sing it as good as you possibly can'. We were in the studio for hours. I'm like, 'Dude, it's supposed to be bad!' They were like, 'No, but it has to be your good version of bad'."


text:
LONDON (Reuters) - Sun seekers who leave northern Europe for warmer climes are marginally less happy than those left behind, a study found.
A sample of more than 300 migrants from Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, France and Britain who resettled in Mediterranean countries found that they were slightly less satisfied with life than a much larger sample of 56,000 people living in northern countries.
The sun lovers scored 7.3 out of a possible 10 on average on a "happiness" scale while the stay-at-homes came in at an average of 7.5 percent, according to the study released on Wednesday by Dr David Bartram, a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at England's University of Leicester.
"The key finding from the analysis is that people from northern Europe who migrated to southern Europe are less happy than the stayers in northern Europe," Bartram said.
He said the migrants had higher incomes than the average in their new country and some theories had predicted that this would make them happier.
The reverse proved to be the case, he said, perhaps because "migration itself can be disruptive to other dimensions of people's lives - social ties, sense of belonging - possibly with consequences for their happiness.
"Perhaps any positive subjective consequences were outweighed by negative consequences arising from the more general disruptive effects of international migration on one's life," he said in a statement.
Bartram's findings were based on a study of data collected between 2002 and 2010 by the European Social Survey, a cross-national survey conducted every two years.
(Writing by Michael Roddy; Editing by Rosalind Russell)


text:
LAKELAND �| Shannon Brett recalls being a small child and lying in bed, wide awake deep into the night, as everyone else in her family slept.
LAKELAND �| Shannon Brett recalls being a small child and lying in bed, wide awake deep into the night, as everyone else in her family slept.
She learned to accept chronic insomnia as simply a part of her life. When she reached adulthood and became the mother of young children while working full time, she realized her health depended on getting some sleep.
About six years ago, a doctor prescribed Ambien, a popular sleep medication. To her relief, Brett could suddenly get six solid hours of sleep a night.
Brett, a Bartow resident, has been taking a 10 mg dose of Ambien on a regular basis ever since then. So she was dismayed to learn of a recent recommendation from the Food and Drug Administration that doctors reduce by half the dose for women.
"This ruling infuriates me," said Brett, 42. "The dosage of any approved medication is between a patient and their doctor. The only thing that this ruling will do is make it impossible for someone like me to have the proper amount of Ambien for me."
Actually, the FDA ruling issued Jan. 10 doesn't preclude female patients from getting the larger dose — 10 mg for quick release and 12.5 mg for extended release. But that will require a doctor to ignore the federal agency's guidelines.
Ambien, the trade name for the generic drug zolpidem, has become one of the world's most popular prescription sleep aids since coming on the market in the early 1990s. (Zolpidem also is sold as Edluar and Zolpimist.) About 40 million prescriptions for medications containing zolpidem were dispensed in 2011, according to IMS, a health care information and technology company.
Even as Ambien has become readily prescribed, medical authorities have issued warnings about the drug. Reports abound of people engaging in odd behavior — binge eating, for example —while under the drug's effect.
In its recent recommendation, the FDA cited reports of patients still groggy or sedated the morning after taking zolpidem. The agency said studies show zolpidem blood levels in some patients remain high enough the next morning "to impair activities that require alertness, including driving."
Noting that women's bodies process zolpidem more slowly than men's, the FDA told manufacturers the recommended dose should be lowered for women and product labels should recommend that doctors consider a lower dose for men as well. The FDA said the risk of after-effects is highest for those using the extended-release form.
Doctors' Discretion
Ambien and similar drugs already are manufactured in doses at half the maximum levels, and many people already take the lower dose.
"The patient and doctor can work together to decide which dose works best to treat symptoms, as each patient is different," FDA spokeswoman Sandy Walsh said in an email to The Ledger. "We recommend that doctors prescribe the lowest dose that treats the patients's symptoms."
Brett, a program manager for a state agency, said she could get only four hours of intermittent sleep before she started taking Ambien. She said she had tried virtually every prescription and over-the-counter sleep aid and followed all the standard sleep hygiene advice without success.
"Ambien is the only thing that has ever allowed me to get an acceptable amount of sleep," Brett said. "My life has been changed because of Ambien. I no longer feel like a train hit me. I am no longer 'always tired.' "
She said she has never experienced grogginess or other after-effects with Ambien.
Walsh, the FDA spokeswoman, said she didn't know whether the recommendation will affect coverage by health insurers. Patients like Brett may find that even if their doctors are willing to prescribe the higher dose, their insurance providers now may cover only the lower dose.
Katie Reiche of Lake Wales told a story similar to Brett's. Reiche, 60, said she suffered from chronic insomnia before her primary-care doctor prescribed Ambien. She has been taking the 12.5 mg extended-release form nightly for two years and has not had any negative effects.
"If I'm not on Ambien, then I'm up all night walking the house," Reiche said. "If someone has morning grogginess, I suggest they take a different sleeping pill."
She blasted the FDA for its recommendation.
"Where do they get off doing that?" she asked. "There's plenty of other things to go after — go after the meth-heads and stuff. My stuff comes from a doctor, not from somebody on the street."
Doctors Concur
Two local doctors had much different reactions, applauding the FDA for taking steps they say could protect the general public.
"About time," was the reaction of Daniel Weinberg, a psychiatrist at Watson Clinic in Lakeland. "Any time the FDA comes out with anything, a lot of people say, 'About time.' "
The recommendation also drew praise from Dr. Daniel Haight, Associate Vice President of Community Health for Lakeland Regional Medical Center and former director of the Polk County Health Department.
Haight, a doctor of internal medicine, said the ruling fits with LRMC's "community benefit plan," which contains nine areas of focus, one of which is reducing injuries and deaths from car accidents.
"Patient safety is the No. 1 concern, and this decision to lower the recommended dose helps avoid impaired driving the next morning," Haight said. "Car crashes are far too common and obviously affect not just the patient but also those involved in the crash. Anything that reduces the chance of this is helpful."
Haight said he has prescribed zolpidem on a short-term basis to treat insomnia. He said he first suggests addressing habits that could impair sleep, such as a patient's tendency to consume too much caffeine, watch TV until bedtime or engage in vigorous activity too late in the day.
"A medication should not replace something you could otherwise easily do," Haight said.
Haight acknowledged that every patient is unique. He said people respond differently to medications, and he said doctors should talk to their patients in deciding on the best solution to a sleeping problem.
e_SDLqFor those currently taking the medication, this is an opportunity for the patient and the health-care provider to discuss insomnia and the best approach to treatment while avoiding side effects," Haight said. "The goal is to find the lowest dose of a medicine that helps the patient while avoiding unwanted side effects. For some, this may mean staying with their current dose."
Heeding Advice
Weinberg, the Watson Clinic psychiatrist, said he sometimes prescribes zolpidem to be taken as needed for a month or two for "crisis situations." He said he avoids keeping patients on the drug longer than that because of the risk of developing physical dependency.
"I've been seeing problems with people on Ambien for years," Weinberg said. "Not only do people get addicted to it, but it stops working and you get trapped in a cycle where your body is looking for it to sleep and if you stop it you get rebound insomnia."
For patients with chronic sleep problems, Weinberg said he prescribes trazodone (brand name Desyrel), a sedative originally developed as an antidepressant. He said trazodone is the most commonly prescribed sleep aid.
Weinberg said he tells patients it's safe to use zolpidem on a long-term basis as long as they take it no more than twice a week. When he does prescribe zolpidem, Weinberg said he warns patients to allow a minimum of eight hours between taking it and driving a vehicle.
Weinberg said he prescribed only the 10 mg, short-release form of the drug. He said he will heed the FDA recommendation and prescribe only the 5 mg dose for female patients.
Weinberg, who did his residency just 3� years ago, said he might be more aware of recent studies than doctors further removed from their training. He said he has talked to colleagues who shared his opinion that the FDA ruling is overdue.
But Weinberg said he realizes patients might have different reactions.
"I anticipate a lot of doctors are going to have patients who are unhappy about trying to get off (zolpidem)," he said.


text:
Westside Elementary
- 1007 W Pine Street
- River Falls, WI 54022
- Phone: (715) 425-1815
- Fax: (715) 425-1805
- Principal
Rita Humbert
- Contact Us
Reporting a Student Absence
To report your child absent for the day, please call 715-425-1815, press 1 for the main office, and leave your name, the student's name, date of the absence, and reason for the absence. If your child will be leaving school early, please send a note with them for their teacher or call the office.
Coming Up at Westside
Westside Lunch Schedule
K - 11:25-12:00 (staggered)
3rd - 11:45-12:10
5th - 12:05-12:30
1st - 12:15-12:40
4th - 12:35-1:00
2nd - 12:40-1:05
Parents are welcome to come and eat lunch with their students! If you will be eating lunch with your student and need to purchase a school lunch, please contact the School Office by 9:15am the day of your visit with your choice. The Adult Lunch price is $3.70.
*Limited change available
Lunch/Breakfast Menus


text:
Mathematical Sciences at Adams State
Accessible faculty and individual attention plus engaging coursework and the latest technology equals mathematics success. Prepare for graduate work, a career in the industry, or for teaching.
We pride ourselves in being a small department that provides ample access to computing hardware and software, including ADA compliant sites.
Mathematics majors at ASU learn to apply logical reasoning and mathematical precision to solve problems. The broad base of mathematical topics treated provides majors with a solid foundation from which to pursue graduate studies in the mathematical sciences.
Students who choose to major in mathematics are qualified for employment in a wide variety of occupations.
We also serve those students who desire to teach mathematics at the secondary school level.
By completing a typical mathematics major within the department, then obtaining the necessary licensing requirements via the Department of Teacher Education, these students emerge from ASU prepared to step right into the classroom.
Potential Careers
- Education
- Research
- Medicine
- Robotics
- Business
- Astronomy
Hear from our students:
What Makes Us Stand Out?
Porter Scholars ProgramScience and Mathematics majors are eligible to apply for scholarship awards, which may include up to the cost of attendance including tuition, fees, books, room and board.
Faculty who care about All Students
We offer a selection of courses for non-majors designed to help them become familiar with the use of mathematics as the language of nature, and some of the many applications of mathematics or computers to other fields.
The department has a responsibility to give every student an opportunity to achieve quantitative literacy as well as proficiency with computer technology.
Get Involved!
• Adams State Computer Science, Mathematics and Engineering Club
• Competes annually in Mathematics and Programming competitions
• Contact: Dr. Stephen Aldrich
Robotics Club
• Build and program custom robots
• Community Group with student involvement
• Participate in the Robotics Challenge at Great Sand Dunes National Park
• Contact: George Sellman


text:
You are here
Celebrating Constantine P. Cavafy
with Mark Doty, Olympia Dukakis, Daniel Mendelsohn, Maria Tucci & others
Date and Time:
April 13, 2009 - 7:00PM
Event Location:
Cooper Union Great Hall 7 East 7th Street (at 3rd Avenue)
This reading of Constantine P Cavafy's (1863-1933) elegiac, modernist poetry will feature new translations by essayist Daniel Mendelsohn, including the first English-language renderings of the poet's unfinished works.
Event Sponsored By:
Poets House, Cosponsored by the Academy of American Poets and the Poetry Society of America.
Event Type:
Readings and Conversations


text:
skip to main
skip to sidebar
The Bourg Family
About Us
Please sign for Connor & others like him!
Free Online Petitions
About Us
Email This
Share to Twitter
Share to Facebook
Share to Pinterest
No comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Follow by Email
Bourg Family
I married the love of my life, moved two states away from the place I've always called home and became a Stay at Home Mommy to a beautiful little Princess and a sweet little Prince. Darrell and I were married in a beachside ceremony on August 5, 2007, welcomed the Princess on January 31, 2008, and the Mister on November 1, 2010.
View my complete profile
Grab A Button!
Blog Archive
Blog Archive
June (2)
May (1)
August (1)
July (1)
June (1)
May (2)
March (1)
February (1)
October (2)
September (1)
August (1)
June (2)
March (3)
December (4)
October (2)
September (1)
August (6)
July (8)
June (6)
May (4)
April (8)
March (7)
February (5)
January (30)
December (11)
November (8)
October (7)
September (4)
August (6)
July (4)
June (4)
May (5)
April (6)
March (8)
February (7)
January (6)
December (2)
November (1)
October (8)
September (17)
August (5)
July (2)
June (3)
Friends & Family
Straight to LePoint
Father's Day
3 years ago
The mab Blab
Good Mama Skillz
3 years ago
La La Linen
Palm Tree Playground
5 years ago
A Blessing Among Us
Positive Pinterest Quotes - My Last Post Here
6 years ago
:: two gray pumpkins
the monkey boys' mama
Blogs I enjoy reading
Kelly's Korner
Change is Hard
5 hours ago
Big Mama
A Fearless Faith playlist and some other things
9 hours ago
An Inch of Gray
A Welcome Balm
1 day ago
It's Almost Naptime!
8 months ago
Baby Bangs
Rejecting White Supremacy
1 year ago
Only Slightly Neurotic
How To Rise Above The Noise
1 year ago
In this wonderful life...
1 year ago
Katie's Keepers
He Makes All Things New
2 years ago
Baby be Blessed
A Shift in the Season
3 years ago
Blog Design By:
Powered by


text: Brand MarketingCall It Back to School 2.0By Elana Glowatz|July 18, 2009ShareBy Elana Glowatz|July 18, 2009ShareRetailers this year are taking anything but an old-school approach to their back-to-school campaigns.JCPenney, OfficeMax and Staples are all heavying up on their social media outreach this year, reasoning that that's where their target customer is. Some analysts, however, point out that the medium is unproven and teens seem to often regard marketing messaging in social networks as an intrusion.Such campaigns augment pushes via traditional media like TV and print. For instance, JCPenney rolled out a TV campaign via Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, which coincides with an online push including a Web site where users can browse single items or full outfits. The site also links to a Facebook page, called "JCP Teen," where visitors can talk about the clothes and connect with JCPenney's teenage skateboarding spokesman Ryan Sheckler.OfficeMax, meanwhile, is bringing back its "Penny Pranks" videos via YouTube, which feature comedian Matt McCarthy paying for services like car repairs using only pennies. Those videos promoted "Penny Promos" OfficeMax products on sale for one cent. This year, the company will also host events for parental bloggers on Twitter and elsewhere designed to aid them in staying organized and to facilitate discussion about issues of the back-to-school season. The Escape Pod, Chicago, handles that effort.Finally, Staples has teamed with New York agency Mr. Youth for a social media program centered around a virtual backpack, which teens can send around Facebook and fill with 11 school supplies. The effort also includes an Adopt a Pack application on Facebook, a fan page on the online social network and a tie-in with Do Something, the charitable organization. Though each retailer said they were stepping up their social media presence this year, spending was not disclosed. JCPenney last year spent $2 million on Internet ads during the back-to-school season, per TNS Media Intelligence. OfficeMax spent $100,000 and Staples spent $1 million during the period.Marketers say the stepped-up social media efforts this year reflect the fact that the medium is now central for reaching teens, who influence their parents' purchases. Social media is "not just a rising force in the teen market, it is a force in the teen market," said Ruby Anik, vp, brand marketing at JCPenney. The campaigns come as there's mounting evidence that teens are skeptical about advertising messages via social media and that Facebook is losing its appeal among the demo as older consumers sign up. According to Rob Callender, trends director at TRU, a research company focusing on young adults, teens are generally unreceptive to marketing messages via social media. "Adults use the Internet in different ways, as a novelty. But it's a way of life for teens," he said. For that reason, they "don't want to be bugged too much."Still, Marshal Cohen, chief retail analyst for the NPD Group, said the medium is still a "much more effective use of advertising dollars to reach that particular segment of the market." Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kLZea3 copy Adweek Adweek


text:
As vehicle sales increase, questions arise as to whether a lender dealership network can handle the crunch.
Reynolds says docuPAD engages F&I customers.
Forecasters expect recovering U.S. auto sales to hit the 16 million mark within a couple of years, but Ron Lamb looks beyond that, pondering how a leaner dealer network might cope with an expected onslaught of customers.
"A wave is coming that no one really talks about, but it will create intense pressure on dealers," says the president of automotive information-technology provider Reynolds & Reynolds. "Annual vehicle sales of 16 million could be followed relatively soon by 20 million."
The idea of that is enough to make auto makers dreamy-eyed, but Lamb sees a practical reality he scribbles figures on a piece of paper containing a graph labeled "The Gap."
It shows an annual trend of auto sales increasing but dealership ranks decreasing, from about 21,000 in 2008 to just over 17,000 now. That's mainly the result of General Motors and Chrysler making deep cuts in their distribution network a few years ago.
Fewer dealers selling more vehicles increases throughput, or sales per store, a profitability factor. But it also can cause problems if dealers are hard-pressed or ill-prepared for a surge in business.
"Dealers will have to become more effective because there are 20% fewer of them," Lamb says. "I'd argue they'll have to increase effectiveness because of the wave of sales coming."
He cites a second trend affecting dealers: the current across-the-board improvement in vehicle quality. "You can buy two types of cars today; great cars and greater cars. In the past, there were wide quality differences among manufacturers."
For auto makers to differentiate their brands as the quality gap narrows, "more pressure is put on dealers to offer a great customer experience," says Lamb, a native of Flint, MI, and from a family of auto workers.
A third auto-retailing trend is the new level of customer expectations driven by, among other things, the Internet empowering consumers who use it in many ways, from obtaining prices to reading reviews of dealerships on social-media websites.
"The world has changed and customer expectations have fundamentally changed," Lamb says.
Considering those three trends, Reynolds four years ago started betting big on what type of new products to put on the shelf.
"We decided we needed to completely rebuild everything we provide to dealers," Lamb says. "We wanted to provide technology that engages and empowers consumers like never before, gets work done quickly by cutting out unnecessary steps and key strokes and operates on one platform."
The result is the company's Retail Management System. Lamb paints a portrait of how it works throughout the buying process.
An online car shopper garners assorted information from a dealership website, eventually providing contact information, vehicle preferences and more. That data goes into the store's customer-relationship management system.
When the shopper goes to the dealership, a sales person uses a computer tablet to immediately retrieve the stored customer information. The system is used throughout the various steps of buying a car, including structuring the deal, closing the sale and selling aftermarket products.
Theoretically, one dealership staffer can handle the transaction from start to finish, Lamb tells WardsAuto. "I don't know of any dealership that has taken it quite to that extent, but several are moving in that direction.
"The technology we provide makes that possible though," he says. "If the dealer wants to go there, wants to change mindsets and retrain people, we can support it from a technology standpoint."
Today's consumers can become impatient quickly if a dealership fumbles around trying to retrieve customer histories in the sales and service departments. That is where CRM can help, offering features such as telephone software that immediately identifies a caller by number and flashes his or her name and purchase information on a screen in front of the dealership employee answering the phone.
Dealerships without such technology run the risk of customer disconnect, Lamb says. "My local pizzeria has a CRM phone system like that. When I call, the person on the other end immediately says, 'Hello Mr. Lamb, would you like the same pizza you ordered last time?'
"But when you call a dealership in preparation for spending $1,000 on service, it may take five minutes before they figure out who you are."
Lamb recalls a conversation he had with a former chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Assn. "He said, 'Ron, why is that when I call the local pizza parlor, they know me better than when I call my own dealership?' We provided him with a phone system that changed that."
The Retail Management System and the customer-friendly dealership process it facilitates are intended to evoke technology giant Apple, says Jonathan Strawsburg, Reynolds vice president-product planning.
"Apple products are intuitive and easy to use," he says referring to merchandise such as iPhones and iPads. "They do everything you need without a lot of fuss. Apple took that approach to product and used it in retail as well. Apple stores are clean and uncluttered. What you look at is right there."
Lamb adds, "And Apple sales associates escort the customer through the purchase. There is no handoff."
Reynolds touts its new docuPAD as a product that will change the way finance and insurance products are bought and sold.
The F&I office is a dealership profit center where customer financing is arranged and aftermarket products sold. But many customers disdain the traditional F&I process in which a staffer pitches products during lengthy, one-sided presentations.
"People say they felt pressured, uncomfortable and not really sure of what they bought, which leads to many of them later cancelling orders," Lamb says. "Customer-satisfaction scores from those who went through that are not good. Three of five consumers do not even want to go into the F&I office because of a prior experience. The statistics are overwhelming."
The docuPAD resembles a supersized touchscreen computer tablet that allows the F&I manager and customer to go through menu offerings together.
"The customer drives it with the F&I person helping," Lamb says. "That is what changes the game."
It creates a higher comfort level for customers because they make choices on their own, Strawsburg says. "They have a sense of control, but the F&I manager doesn't lose control. The system has intelligence, so that you can tailor presentations for customers and highlight what they are interested in."
Lamb tells of two dealership customers who were awed by how docuPAD improves the F&I process. One of those people, who didn't realize docuPAD is a Reynolds product, sent an email about his experience to his son-in-law, a Reynolds employee.
He said in the email, "I just had the most amazing car-buying experience. You need to check out this docu-thing. Reynolds & Reynolds should be doing something like that."


text:
Let's do some quick math, shall we? According to the Internet (we know the Internet is always right), the human sneeze travels at around 100 miles per hour and can contain somewhere near 100,000 germs. If you sneeze on your phone and use it for even a single hour that day, well, that's a whole lot of chances to spread those germs to other phones. Or door knobs. Or shopping cart handles. Or salad bar tongs. We're getting overwhelmed just thinking about it. Thankfully, Corning is coming to the rescue.
Corning has announced today a new breed of Gorilla Glass with antimicrobial properties. The glass is "formulated with an antibacterial agent, ionic silver, which is incorporated into the glass surface for sustained activity." In other words, it kills germs on your phone or tablets' screen and works for a long time. According to Corning, the new antibacterial Gorilla Glass "inhibits the growth of algae, mold, mildew, fungi and bacteria." No more worrying about the eutrophication of your phone screen. Phew.
We have no idea when Corning plans to put its new antibacterial Gorilla Glass into consumer products, but we can only hope it's sooner than later. Unfortunately, it won't be soon enough to stop the spread of the deadly CES virus that always seems to strike this time of the year. Maybe next time.


text:
Top 50 WTF Moments Of Summer 2013
When the temperatures are dropping lower than Miley Cyrus at the MTV VMAs, it is time to bid summer 2013 adieu. Before Autumn makes its way into your iCal (Sept. 22, folks), VIBE rounded up the 50 most jaw-dropping moments from May through August that had us stuck on stupid, for better or worse. Reminisce on the season past above.
All Photos Courtesy Of: Getty


text:
I've had an idea for something like this for a while. Good to see someone's jumping on it. I suppose a snarky way of getting people out of the way of the signal is to have the system yell at people or shoot airsoft BBs at them when they break the beam or open the shades. It'd be great YouTube material.
loki0609 wrote:
goodstuff wrote:
Any reason to choose Beamcaster over 60 GHz WiGig solution with beamforming?
This doesn't make any sense, your not comparing apples to lasers....
Mind pointing out what I'm missing? What can Beamcaster do that the other can't? Only thing I can think of off the top of my head is if the user wants communication to be cut off when blocking the beam. However, even in that case, you could achieve the similar thing with 60 GHz by handicapping the beamforming, although you would need a bigger obstruction.
Edit: Also assuming that the Beamcaster's higher power consumption, higher latency, larger footprint, and higher price aren't the differentiation you're talking about.
Edit1: For completion, also assuming that there isn't a scenario where somebody's flooding the full approximate 7 GHz of bandwidth with interference.
Beamcaster's optical distribution unit itself connects to a company's backend network via fiber. This setup requires a lot less cabling than traditional wired networks, RiT argues. "Upgrading of network infrastructure involves high costs and much downtime in order to install the new cabling and infrastructure," the company writes. "Upgrading... from 100Mps to GE [Gigabit Ethernet] entails more than just replacing ports and switches in the wiring closet. It involves much time and expense to deploy the cables and requires extensive management once installed."
Extending an organization's bandwidth long distances is also easier with Beamcaster, Erez said. "A copper cable can run 330 feet before it needs to see a switch. This unit can run 40 miles," he said, referring to the fiber connection from the data center to the office.
You could get all of these benefits with a gigabit ethernet-fiber optic bridge that costs a few hundred dollars instead of several thousand. Except in a large convention center where running wires isn't feasible, this doesn't seem to offer any real improvements over existing technology.
I've read all the comments and still can't come up with a use scenario that wouldn't be better served by Cat6 & and cheap switch. And this technology is coming to market just as 802.11ac is arriving. But mostly, I don't see a use case.
If the range was longer, say 200 feet, you could make a case for wiring the outdoors, or special events, or some such where running wires is more difficult.
Last edited by jweller13 on Thu May 09, 2013 6:46 pm
"During setup, visible red beams are used to help humans create the point-to-point connections between the Beamcaster optical distribution unit and the smart outlets."
I chuckled at "help humans"
In a sci-fi novel, these would be ubiquitous, and then a self-aware computer would take control of the lasers in that turret thing to attack humans.
ror wrote:
I chuckled at "help humans"
Everyone did...until it was too late.... Bom bom bom!
12K for the 100Gb unit. Pity the 100Gb switch that you'll need behind it to actually PROVIDE that bandwidth is going to run you 6 or 7 figures. Oh, and don't forget the INSANELY EXPENSIVE fiber you have to run from that switch to the unit.
iconmaster wrote:
Never, ever claim your product is "unhackable." That's like painting a target on your back.
They probably mean you literally can't hack the links with a machete.
sandain wrote:
It seems like LOS issues might be solved by using neutrinos instead of photons. I wonder how hard it would be to build a neutrino transceiver the size of current wifi hardware.
That is about impossible to do, given the nature of neutrinos. Below are three people inside of a neutrino detector, and IIRC, very few are even detected. And there are millions of those little guys going through our bodies every seconds, so I imagine "outside" interference would be a huge problem.
rcxb wrote:
xXxSqueakxXx wrote:
That's a lot of effort going into making a connection wireless.
And a lot of power cables & ethernet cables everywhere to boot.
That's why companies are trying hard to develop "wireless power", despite the limitations physics imposes.
And while power cables and ethernet cables won't go away, they'll be relegated to a fraction as many, and stationary and hidden, instead of sprawled all over your desk.
Wonder if weaving an induction coil into the carpet might work?
Anyway, this could be competition to "LED light" communication.
davmat787 wrote:
That is about impossible to do, given the nature of neutrinos. Below are three people inside of a neutrino detector, and IIRC, very few are even detected. And there are millions of those little guys going through our bodies every seconds, so I imagine "outside" interference would be a huge problem.
Are those three technicians seriously sitting inside a giant highly expensive neutrino detector in... a $5 inflatable rowboat?
...yes, I think they are.
About the contraption under discussion, it looks like an ugly, expensive, impractical bit of kit with extremely narrow use cases... you are not going to be seeing these in every office building.
Undocumented feature: Employee Encouragement, with the addition of their $10k-per-employee Kill-O-ZAPP(tm) power booster mode.
FrisbeeFreek wrote:
If the range was longer, say 200 feet, you could make a case for wiring the outdoors, or special events, or some such where running wires is more difficult.
The basic technology we're talking about is called "FSOC", for free space optical communication. It does have applications outdoors. The use cases I'm familiar with include setting up high bandwidth private networks between buildings, linking cell phone towers, and augmenting military radio systems. Obviously these are very different systems from what is described here, because they have to deal with much longer ranges (e.g. to the horizon) and compensate for atmospheric turbulence and weather. But using these systems you can build links where you can't reasonably lay cable, and can often outperform comparable radios. (Disclosure: I work for a company that has ties to this industry.)
We would never advertise something as 'unhackable' but one can honestly state that FSOC has 'low probability of detection / low probability of interception' meaning that an adversary is not even going to know you're there, let alone be able to eavesdrop on you, unless they are in the relatively narrow laser beam.
Another selling point (one of the few that could apply to an indoor system like this) is that you don't have to worry about using RF spectrum or about dealing with RF interference. Radio spectrum is expensive and congested (whether you're talking about wifi or war zones).
It strikes me that one of the better uses for this tech would be as a way to tie multiple buildings together. In many cases, it could replace the multiple fiber links required to run to different buildings. (running copper is a really bad idea because of the ground-loop problem.)
And if someone had a tower, for instance, you could create a neighborhood network, or by using two towers, haul a signal a long damn way without needing a microwave relay (which require licensed technicians, and are very expensive.)
I am, however, not nearly interested enough to wade through their video to see if the unit is weatherized. It doesn't look that way. If not, I think they're missing one of their only actual markets.
Last edited by malor on Thu May 09, 2013 9:54 pm
First of all, you still need switching infrastructure to light up the base-station. Then you will quickly need management systems for the base stations and sub-stations. It will end up so much more expensive than wi-fi.
This thing is so strange. Also that 100% unhackable claim just makes me think the whole thing is a troll.
Seems good for specific moments but, not a fan. Why are we cutting shortcuts to actually improve the long standing bottleneck that "1Gbps Ethernet" is on? Nobody can afford enterprise infiniband or fiber here, and this is a major bottleneck in local consumer networking. I personally would prefer to sweat, drill holes and get under basements to lay glorious CAT cable than wireless, which is only great for laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc...
They might want to lower that "100%" text in their YouTube video stillshot because the play button blocks the 10 so it looks like it says "0% unhackable links" which could throw some people off and not even click on it and never investigate the product ever again. Extreme I know, but hey, there's some weirdos out there. Inform the marketing dept.! But seriously this thing wouldn't be bad if you didn't need all those little receptacles scattered all over the office. Plus what if your on your lunch break or somethin and gaming it up or downloading something at your desk and someone decides to be a jerk and wave their hand in front of one of the little bugger's lines of sight? You're just screwed with no defense? Wireless is only good up to a certain point.
Apart from the problems already mentioned, they really need to hire a designer.
The receivers look especially atrocious.
Can two smart outlets be aligned to extend a cable. I see no reason why not, they are transceivers. Then interesting things can be done like shoot it between sky scrapers, to the neighbors house, to the detached garage, etc.
How much is a pair of just smart outlets?
I see two reasons for getting this:
1. Quickly setting up a new location, like at a convention where it's mounted way above everything, and running cables will be a bitch. This will enable several things; one being that more convention centers (ones generally without pre-run cables) can be used for tech-heavy setups, as well as enable said setup to be way easier. Don't underestimate just how much people would like this product - Quakecon, for instance, utilizes THOUSANDS of cables going table to table, so throwing up just one of these saves hours of time for many people.
2. Wireless frequency spectrum - although this device specifically might not do it, point to point laser links may be the future of wireless ISPs (I'm talking last-mile links here). Ordinarily, these guys have to carefully manage the spectrum of what antennas they put up on their towers for what customers - i.e. customer A is on channel 3 of a 2.4ghz antenna, and you can fit a few more on channels 6 and 9, and even some in between there, but you start hurting one another's bandwidth in between there, so you start using the 5ghz antennas instead. Lasers avoid that problem for the most part, if their dispersion is low. This tech is simply a good example of it in action; in a few years, I don't doubt that further distances will be common.
<whoop whoop effect - back to when I was a small sysadmin> My users would SO love this - not! They'd refer to it as RedTomato's DeathStar. How will I explain it to them?
See this? It will hang above your heads. It shoots out laser beams. I am your sysadmin. Beware me. Do not forget your login or trouble me with idiotic questions. This will shoot beams into your eyes and blind you. Do not bump the receiver or your computer will no longer work. Do not stick your hand in the beam path or it will be vaporised in a blinding flash of light. Then I will deduct from your salary the cost of re-aligning the beam. Good luck meeting your enhanced milestones while typing with your remaining hand.
Spiffing! BOFH-grade gear!
vherrera0079 wrote:
sandain wrote:
It seems like LOS issues might be solved by using neutrinos instead of photons. I wonder how hard it would be to build a neutrino transceiver the size of current wifi hardware.
Line of leptons?
The thing looks like something the Portal Corporation would cook up. Still, if I am going to be sitting at a desk, I really do prefer a good wired connection over any kind of wireless, any day of the week. This may be a solution in search of a problem.
Luke: "But I can't see anything w/ the blast-shield down!!"
Obiwan ("Ben"): "Use the FORCE.. Let yourself gooooooOoOoOOOoooo.. . . . "
Is this the next generation, coming after 802.11ac?
jandrese wrote:
Basically this is for people setting up a cube farm who don't want to run a wired network but also have too many people for Wi-Fi. While it is true that running conduit is expensive, most people just run the cables underneath the cubes. 18 feet of CAT 6 and a switch is a hell of a lot cheaper than $7,000.
I have to wonder how much your signal is going to suck when someone opens a window and the sun shines in.
Not to mention that his "2" and "10" GbE are "hard limits".
Its closer to a hub in its functionality for connectivity distribution as the limit is shared at the device, not per channel.
Sure I can designate which channels get which speed, and it is still a switch in the sense that it must still perform the duties of a switch (Interface specific MAC/IP associations), but it seems strangely planted somewhere between the two worlds.
And for 40cents/foot, I'd much rather run the cable that can get me 330 feet from the switch, as opposed to 18feet from the switch.
Line-of-Sight point-to-point stuff is supposed to be a backhaul replacement, not an end-point replacement!
The article completely forgets to mention if this can be sound activated and if it is compatible with DMX controllers.
I could see this working beautifully in areas such as trade shows or other areas that are modular with a high line of sight ceiling without many obstructions. As I read the articule though and attempted to imagine using this in our cubicle areas, I would much rather just upgrade the switch and cabling. Yeah this is great with your current setup, but what happens if you would decide to upgrade the cubicles with higher walls? And as the article said, what about the higher ups walled in offices on the periphery?
But more than that, think about this...You still need the cabling infrastructure in the cubes itself, you may still need switches, and you will definitely still need the fiber line(s) running back to the central switch. You are just saving yourself from running cabling down the walls and through the flooring (or dropping down from the ceiling like we do). So...i'm kinda meh for an office area. Perhaps college classrooms? You could wire the tables and have the receive mounted in the middle or end of every table.
Seems like a refresh of the old infrared networking implementation of yore (maybe a decade or so ago), admittedly with a lot more bandwidth. But, man, $7000 will buy you a *lot* of Ethernet, this technology doesn't make dollars and sense.
I want the 40 mile version. I can see how this cold be handy between tall buildings.
InflictStrain wrote:
"Erez acknowledges that it costs more than Wi-Fi access points, but he says it's cheaper than buying a switch and cabling infrastructure."
That's quite the understatement on his part. But, I don't see this as a fix for cabling infrastructure. At least not anymore than existing WiFi.
Did you miss the unhackable part? Sniffing out WiFi is as simple as placing an antenna close enough to the source. With the laser you need line of sight. Also, once quantum encryption is ready (not sure what the progress is on that) since this thing is a laser it should be able to do that.
Definitely a niche product, but I can think of use cases.
I used to work in a place that had to provide emergency IT resources to areas impacted by natural or other disasters. We had go-packs of laptops, servers printers, etc ready to go, and would typically setup 15-20 stations at a library, gym, firehouse, circus tent, etc. If internet access is flaky or too slow, they would even provide some applications on local, temporary servers.
This would be a great tool for that application -- once you have a real disaster hit, all sorts of people show up -- FEMA, police, national guard, state emergency management, various other government agencies and even private insurance companies.
What happens very quickly is the wifi gets real crappy, real quick. Something like this would be a great way to ensure that
Dilbert wrote:
Physics does not like this product
Someone tall gets off their chair to stretch:
Request timed out
Request timed out
Request timed out
Hahaha, this was my first thought... or one of your friends just enjoys a good trolling.
I wonder if something like this could be implemented on a larger scale, like bringing fiber optic speeds to a neighborhood from a central optical 'antenna' to individual houses.
iconmaster wrote:
Never, ever claim your product is "unhackable." That's like painting a target on your back.
Nothing, NOTHING is unhackable. If authorized users have access, there is always a way for an unauthorized user to get access.
The 18 foot limit is going to be a serious problem for convention center type deployments. Most convention centers have very tall ceilings, so you'll be forced to lower this thing down on a pole or something. According to the article, the limit is due to needing to run the lasers way way down on power so you can look directly at them without going blind, which means upping the power is probably not feasible. This just seems to be a product that is looking for a niche.
I can see some limited benefits depending on how long range it is and sensitive to disruption. If you need a long distance LOS link, it could be huge. Say I need to run a network over to a building 300ft away, but laying cable is either not possible, or just damned expensive. This could be a cheaper way of linking long distance connections at very high speeds. Of course that depends on rain and susceptability to disruption. If some light rain is suddenly going to knock this completely out, it is no good for out doors point-to-point links. If it can stand up to heavy rain and blizzard conditions with nothing worse than a decrease in bandwidth, even a heavy one (say maintaining at least 10-20% speeds) then this could be really viable. Especially if it had a range of, say, a quarter mile or so.
Beyond that, I don't see the use for anything beyond something like in a big convention center. At that you could probably just rig some highly directional Wifi antennas and get your P2P links that way. Albeit at lower speeds.
Use cases for this are very low. Especially use cases that would be more cost effective. Maybe at the 10GbE speeds for the thousand bucks more it would have a lot more bang for the buck. The overall network infrastructure of my house is maybe up to around $250 at this point and that includes 7 GbE LAN drops plus an "smart managed" 16 ports switch and two Wifi routers. By the time I am done it'll be up around 14 LAN drops plus probably fiber out to my shed/workshop (switch has SFP modules and I'd rather bury 100ft of fiber than 10ft of conductive Cat6, shielded and grounded or not) as well as another Wifi router (in the shed/workshop). Total cost...supposing I don't upgrade my 3500L routers to something a lot better (and 802.11ac capable) is probably going to be around $400. For everything. For 14 full GbE capable duplex links, an SFP/Fiber GbE link and 3 Wifi routers with 300Mbps 2.4Ghz coverage of my entire property and house (and workshop). Not something you could do with this nifty device(s)...and even if you could, more links, more total throughput and roughly 1/15th the cost.
Opps, never mind. I just caught the 18ft figure. A product in search of a problem so it seems.
Unless there is something causing heavy interference and/or heavy partitions you are vastly better off with Wifi. No people accidently walking through the beam nor other issues.
Also...how is 18ft LOS 1,400sq-ft of coverage? Last I checked that was 1,017sq-ft. Based on the coverage of my 2 Wifi routers between the mainfloor and basement plus coverage outdoors...my two Wifi routers are covering about 25,000sq-ft of my 44,600sq-ft property (a bit more than half of the total property has coverage, 100% of the inside of the house has good to excellent coverage).
This would be a good idea at ~10x the range, ~10% of the price, with a switch built into each "smart outlet", an RJ-45 connection at the hub for gigE connectivity, and double the number of transceivers at the hub. Otherwise, it's overpriced and under-capable. For the tiny footprint it covers and its fantastic cost, it loses badly to gigabit ethernet in all but the most mobile bleeding-edge operations that need to setup within hours in random spaces, aren't there for so long that running cables makes sense, yet need better security/signal reliability than wi-fi.
About the only solid example I can think of would be pop-up field offices in a disaster area where the added security vs wi-fi (insurance, medical records) is arguably required. Conventions have the setup time, predictable layout, and control over their booth to set up wired connections. Normal offices have the fixed layout to run ethernet. Outdoor events will typically need far more range than this offers ... and if they don't, they're well within the range of what ethernet can easily do.
I can't see this as a product with a future in its present form.


text:
Press release 80/2014
2 April 2014
In Chisinau, Tuomioja will have talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova Natalia Gherman. During his visit, he will also meet President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti, Prime Minister Iurie Leanca and President of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Corman. The topics of discussion will include the bilateral relations between the countries, the relations between Moldova and the EU, the EU's Eastern Partnership, and regional issues.Minister Tuomioja will also participate in the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union Member States (Gymnich) in Athens on 4−5 April.
The main topic of the two-day meeting will be the EU's Neighbourhood Policy, focusing on the Eastern Neighbourhood and the situation in Ukraine in particular. The Ministers will also discuss the EU's Southern Neighbourhood, where the focus will be on the situation in Syria. The Neighbourhood Policy will also be one of the topics on the agenda of the separate meeting held with the candidate countries for accession to the EU on Saturday.On the second day of the Gymnich meeting, the Ministers will have a discussion of EU Strategic Partners.
Additional information: Olli Kantanen, Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, tel. +358 40 578 7145; European correspondent Tarja Fernández, tel. +358 40 590 9855; and Tarja Kangaskorte, Diplomatic Adviser to Foreign Minister Tuomioja, tel. +358 40 181 9257


text:
Send Results to This Email:
Street Address:
Street Address:
« Back
You must be a subscriber to see the full results of your search.
Please log in or subscribe below if you are not already a subscriber.
The Daily News subscribers get full access to more than
million names and addresses along with powerful search and download features.
Get the business leads you need with powerful searches of public records and notices.
Download listings into your spreadsheet or database.
Learn more about our services
| Search again
Joe McDuffie was just another fan in a Kobe jersey, glancing around FedExForum and pointing out patches of purple and gold.
Copyright 1995 -
by The Daily News Publishing Co. Inc. - All Rights Reserved


text:
Boehner's empty excuse
It is hard to imagine a more cynical, deceitful and self-serving excuse for not proceeding with immigration reform legislation than that concocted by Republican House Speaker John Boehner last week.
"There's widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. And it's going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes," the Ohio Republican said at a news conference.
Translation: Once again Speaker Boehner cannot control the radical fringe of his House caucus so he is trying to shift the blame to the White House.
Despite Speaker Boehner's transparent efforts, the continued Republican opposition to immigration reform is being exposed in all its xenophobic ingloriousness. Ensconced in carefully drawn conservative districts where the only threat comes from the right in a Republican primary, a large number of House members will not entertain any policy that allows undocumented migrants to gain legal status.
Speaker Boehner needs the courage to work around them, not only because it is good policy, but also because it is good politics.
It is unrealistic to round up 12 million undocumented migrants and deport them. It is far better to find a way to move those migrants who are otherwise law-abiding residents into some form of legal status, getting them out of the shadow economy and fully involved as members of their communities.
Politically, if Republicans want to win national elections, they must stop alienating large segments of the population. Remember, President Obama was re-elected with more than 70 percent of the vote among Latinos and Asian Americans.
Instead of working to find a path to get a bill passed, Speaker Boehner returned to the big lie that the Obama administration is weak on enforcement of immigration law. The opposite is true. As The Economist recently noted, America is expelling illegal immigrants at nine times the rate of 20 years ago. Nearly 2 million deportations have taken place under this president, far more than under any predecessor.
In a vain effort to win GOP support for reform by showing he is tough on border control, President Obama is, if anything, overreaching, tearing families apart, causing more poverty and suffering, while enriching contractors who run detention centers.
President Obama needs to call the speaker on his bluff and remind Republicans they will pay a political price for intransigence on this issue.
The editorial board is composed of the publisher and four journalists of varied editing and reporting backgrounds. The board's discussions and information gained from its meetings with political, civic, and business leaders drive the institutional voice of The Day, as expressed in its editorials. The editorial department operates separately from the newsroom.
Converted school bus camper will carry adventurers, lifestyle message across country
'Know.' review: Jason Mraz accentuates the positive, maybe a bit too much